Protection

A V3/4 variation to this problem is to start the same, down low in the horizontal crack, but instead of following the line of least resistance up and slightly right, climb almost straight up and even slightly left to the top, which involves a very long move to a hard-to-see, but decent, right hand maybe a foot below the top.

Ten or more varaiations could easily be contrived here, depending on which holds you use, so have fun with it.